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Secnd2nun64
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I must have dark cloud over me.I picked up a screw in my tire last night which the tire shop said was not repairable. I take the car home with the spare since they didn't have my tire size in stock. So this morning I decide I will drive my mustang to work. It's suppose to be nice out and a Friday so why not? I hop in the car and go to start it and the battery was dead. Turned out I left the wideband meter on. My mistake so I go to jump start the car. Didn't want to start. I double check the connection for a good ground and when I did that on the mustang it moved the jumper on the other car. The jumpers ended up touching and started smoking. I run over there disconnect it all. The mustang now has no electrical power at all. I hooked up my trickle charger to charge the battery sine I'm now running late for work. I go wash my hands off come back out and notice the battery charger cable I hooked up to the dead battery smoking. I open the door of the car and no interior lights or anything. So I just unhooked for now till I can look at it more tonight. It's been one he'll of day so far and it's only 9am!! I wanted to do that cruise on Sunday but who knows what the he'll I fried in that car now. Okay done venting!!! ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
Posts: 1460 | From: CA | Registered: Jun 2002
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Rio1999GT
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That sucks. Sorry to hear that.
I'm having a bad day too, I didn't win the lottery ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posts: 772 | From: Antioch | Registered: Jun 2009
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omarquez510
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First thing to go is the fuses. check ALL of them. ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
Posts: 101 | From: Pinole | Registered: Aug 2011
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68dustin
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i hate when that happens... go buy a lotto ticket & hope ur luck changes... 500 mill will turn this crappy morning into ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Posts: 3986 | From: neverland | Registered: Feb 2005
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cemelevu
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sounds like you might have collapsed the cells in the battery.
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Secnd2nun64
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Buying some fuses now. Hopefully the battery is okay. It's a optima redtop.
Posts: 1460 | From: CA | Registered: Jun 2002
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Egocentric
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The battery is fried. And if your fuses aren't popped, the fusible links will be. Guaranteed after that.
Good luck, take the battery to a battery place and they will charge it and tell you weather it's good.
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ain't no one tell me what to do. - NEIGHT
Posts: 1712 | From: NoOneTellMeWhatToDo-Neight | Registered: Oct 2009
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Secnd2nun64
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Put a meter on the battery and it had 5 amps. No fuses are blown. When I hook up the battery cables I get a full power draw down to zero on my meter. Something definitely got fried.
I took some wires off the starter solenoid and it didnt ground out. So its a wire to the altanator, MSD box or my stereo amp. I'll check it out tomorrow. Maybe my luck will improve!! ![[dance]](graemlins/dance.gif)
[ March 30, 2012, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Secnd2nun64 ]
Posts: 1460 | From: CA | Registered: Jun 2002
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66_5.0
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Damn well I hope its nothing major and you get her up and running today
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